EFFECTS OF GRADED PERCENTAGE FORMULATED BANANA PEEL (MUSA CAVENDISH) FLOUR DIET ON ELECTROLYTES LEVELS IN SERUM OF NORMAL WISTAR ALBINO RATS
Abstract
This research was designed 1o study the effect of feeding graded percentage formulation of
Banana ( (Musa cavendis h) peaelles . : flour Incorporated into the normal rat chow to Wistaralbino ats, ad libitum for . f ‘ | rats, ad [ or a period of 3() days. The animals were sacrificed after the experimental
period and blood collected and Prepared for analysis to evaluate the levels of electrolytes in
the plasma of the experimenta animals. The result of some serum electrolyte levels
showed that sodium levels of eXperimental animals si
group II (121.2+0.01
gnificantly increased at p< 0.05 in
mmol/L) and group II1 (142.1+0.14 mmol/L), respectively, when
compared to group I (110.140,0] mmol/L). Furthermore, there was a significant
increase at p -
Full-Text Access Notice
In accordance with the NERD Policy on promoting peer-reviewed publication, public access to the full text of a project, thesis or dissertation is restricted for three years, allowing the author and supervisors sufficient time to pursue peer-reviewed publication.
During this period, researchers with legitimate academic or research purposes may request authorisation directly from the author to enable NERD to release the indexed full texts of the work using the form below.